I have been interested in the present trend to turn plays, movies, operas, musicals, novels, etc into ballets. Recently we've seen reviews of "Carousel", "The Seagull", The Three Musketeers", and many others on this forum. This isn't of course a new trend: mythology, folk tales and Shakespeare have been a rich source for ballet/dance for centuries.

So is there anything you would REALLY like to see adapted?

Or really NOT like to see adapted?

I wouldn't mind seeing a version of Sweeney Todd as a ballet. That could satisfyingly gory for a good Halloween program.

What about one of those Hong Kong kung fu films? They are very "dancey" already.

One of the leading exponents, Zhang Yimou (although mainland Chinese, rather than HK) has already worked with National Ballet of China to make a ballet out of his "Raise the Red Lantern". And the result was an international hit and I'm convinced that this ballet experience can be observed in his later sword spectaculars: "Hero", "House of flying Daggers", "Curse of the Golden Flower".

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